0 and 3 in the division. Going to be VERY hard to make the playoffs with that hole we have dug.

Harbaugh is a lunatic and he'll either die on the sideline while trying to challenge the coin toss, or get into a filthy divorce from the 49ers that will end up with him getting $27 million a year from Michigan to fist fight the entire state of Ohio.

I doubt SF is going to lose 3 games in the division so they'll own the tie-breaker for the division title. We'll have to finish with a better record than them to win the division, which is going to be really tough to do now.

Are you serious? We've dug a hole? We're not even through half a season, we've played the toughest part of our schedule, we're 4-3 and one whole game out of first place (Oh, the humanity!). We just played a damn tough game against everyone's NFC Super Bowl favorite who had been lounging at home for the past 22 days while we've been traveling to St Louis, Carolina and beating the AFC Super Bowl favorite in our house. Just put English and Walter Football at the top of your favorites list and start reading about next years draft. The rest of us are going to watch a damn good team play for the NFL Championship.

SoCalSeahawk wrote:Are you serious? We've dug a hole? We're not even through half a season, we've played the toughest part of our schedule, we're 4-3 and one whole game out of first place (Oh, the humanity!). We just played a damn tough game against everyone's NFC Super Bowl favorite who had been lounging at home for the past 22 days while we've been traveling to St Louis, Carolina and beating the AFC Super Bowl favorite in our house. Just put English and Walter Football at the top of your favorites list and start reading about next years draft. The rest of us are going to watch a damn good team play for the NFL Championship.

Yeah I agree. We're one game off from division lead. We have some easier games coming up, as long as we win some games vs. mediocre teams we should be a lock for the wildcard. No need to overreact.

0-3 in the division sucks, yes. We do play great at home and 3-3 would be awesome within the division but it is hardly the only factor that will determine if we go to the playoffs.

We've been in every game so far this year, a far cry from where we've been in the past years. Tonight, we let the Niners beat us. They didn't execute extremely well either and we gave up some plays but our offense gave up more. The dropped balls really hurt, especially when there were several good balls that were on the money.

Tonight we saw what checkdowns can do and I think we need to see a bit more maturity from Russ to go through his progression and take the checkdowns that are there rather than the double or triple teamed receiver going for the flashy play. He's getting better and I am confident we will see some improved play. His tosses are on target for the most part, he just needs to refine his decision making.

I think our defense got slightly exposed tonight as well and I will be very interested to see how our coaches respond. I didn't think we would have this good of a record when I saw the schedule and I have to say that watching how the Seahawks have played this year, I'm disappointed. We could easily have been better and I love where we are going to be when we get this thing rolling.

Mase wrote:-- Or you can look at it without the frustrated after loss glasses on and realize we are only one game out of first in the division, with THREE division HOME games left and ZERO on the ROAD.

Mase

Perspective.....now there is a concept not utilized on this board often enough IMHO.

Hawks46 wrote:Every other team has a winning record in divison. Wildcard unlikely.

Every team in the division has six divisional games to play. No team in the division has played six divisional games yet. Divisional records at this point mean nothing.

49ers webzone: Win or lose, i hope you injure Sherman. Like a serious career ending injury. I don't want him to get paid.49ers webzone: noise should not be the overwhelming reason a team is favored. they need to spray noise-damping foam onto the ceiling of that place.

Mase wrote:-- Or you can look at it without the frustrated after loss glasses on and realize we are only one game out of first in the division, with THREE division HOME games left and ZERO on the ROAD.

I said this elsewhere, but I have a funny feeling that every team in the division is going to go 3-3, everybody winning each divisional game at home.

49ers webzone: Win or lose, i hope you injure Sherman. Like a serious career ending injury. I don't want him to get paid.49ers webzone: noise should not be the overwhelming reason a team is favored. they need to spray noise-damping foam onto the ceiling of that place.

The schedule has been brutal and we've got some much easier matchups in the later part, plus we're at home a lot.

I think many posters hoped we'd go 4-4 in the first half, and 6-2 in the second half, for 10-6 and most likely wild card. I still see this as a plausible scenario.

It would be GREAT if we somehow snuck in as NFCW champion, it would require some sort of issue on the 49ers (like Justin Smith being suspended for enhancement drugs, just sayin', or maybe Alex Smith getting a serious concussion and missing a bunch of games) but this is football, they are capable of going into a swoon for no reason, just like any team (c.f. Dallas).

Yea yea yea, we are 0-3 in the division...but we really need to slow up all the Whoa is me stuff here. We have 3 division home games to play and the Niners have all three of their road division games PLUS they play the Patriots away as well. Just us Winning our home divisional games puts us back to tied for first, as it means we'll beat both the Cards and Niners in our house. Then we just need the Cards and Niners to lose one more game than we do in the rest of the season. Since the cards and Niners play each other TWO times, they either each lose one or one loses both and immediately drops behind us. In either of these scenarios, one drops behind us in record and if they split, they BOTH drop behind us in record. Let's see what happens, there's still a lot of ball left and all we can do is play our games and see what happens.

We haven't played a division game at home yet. We'll beat the Cards, Rams and even the Niners at home to go 3-3 in the division. Then we just need 10 wins and I think we can make the playoffs. We can win the next game in Detroit. Then beat the Vikings and Jets at home. Coming off a bye week, we can probably get the win in Miami. I don't know about beating the Bears in Chicago. 3 of the last 4 games are division games at home. The final road game is in Buffalo. The Bills are dreadful, our defense can shut them down and our offense will have tons of opportunities to win the game. If not, I actually think the defense can win the game on their own, lol! They'll pick Fitzpatrick off at least twice, maybe even get a pick six. At the very least intercept or force fumbles that get us in field goal range.

Rams and Cards I don't see us having problems with at home. The Niners, although historically bad when they play in Seattle, I think they're going to be in the playoff hunt. So given that we'll be up against them in the second to last game of the season, they'll be playing all out.

I am confident that this team, as they are now, can go 10-6. Which should be good enough for the wildcard playoffs. But who knows with how strong most of the NFC is this year. 10-6 may only be good enough for a 6th seed tie, or worse.

All this means is we have to hold serve at home. The good news is that by the time we play the Cards and Rams in December they should be out of any playoff contention. The Rams are a fraud, and the Cards are being decimated by injuries, I don't see either of those teams hanging around.